MSc Sport Performance Coaching (Online)

Established in 2010 as the first course of its kind in Scotland, this innovative online Masters gives experienced coaches the chance to improve their coaching knowledge and skills through cutting-edge best practice and research. The course is also suitable for coach developers who are seeking to enhance their work with coaches.

This MSc Sport Performance Coaching degree will develop your critical analysis skills, improve your problem-solving abilities and teach you innovative solutions to coaching problems. You’ll examine modern best practice in coaching from case studies, peers and leading coaches. Throughout the course, you'll explore and improve your understanding and practice of coaching, developing the skills to critically reflect on decisions, develop smart strategies and boost performance.

Top reasons to study with us

#1 89% overall student satisfaction with MSc Sport Performance Coaching (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2022)

#2 We're ranked Top 5 in Scotland and Top 10 in the UK for Sports Science (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023)

#3 Become part of Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence international network of coaches

Course objectives

Our Sport Performance Coaching MSc is for experienced coaches and coach developers who wish to extend their expertise alongside their sport-specific qualifications. It will develop your critical analysis and reflective practice skills, enhance your problem-solving capacity and promote innovative solutions for coaching problems.

We’ll help you become a coach or coach developer who can:

• reflect and challenge personal assumptions and beliefs to improve future performance
• critically reflect on decisions in complex and unpredictable situations
• recognise and resolve problematic coaching issues through the generation of innovative strategies and solutions
• design and implement an optimal learning environment to impact athletes’ performance needs
• design and implement a planned and strategic approach to performance improvement
• develop and manage appropriate support structures to facilitate improved performance

Course details

Boost your skills, grow your network and develop your career in coaching with this specialist online course.

You must successfully complete 120 credits of taught modules and an applied coaching project for the award of the MSc. For the award of the Postgraduate Diploma you must successfully complete 120 credits worth of taught modules. For the Postgraduate Certificate you must successfully complete 60 credits worth of taught modules. If you are interested in CPD only you can take individual taught modules.

You’ll develop your critical analysis skills, improve your problem-solving abilities and learn innovative solutions to coaching problems. You’ll also learn modern best practice in coaching from case studies, peers and leading coaches. By the time you graduate, these skills will combine to ensure you can critically reflect on decisions, develop smart strategies and – most importantly – boost performance.